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Factors limiting building activity in the Netherlands from June 2005 to August 2025, by type of constraint

Characteristic	None	Insufficient demand	Shortage of labor	Shortage of material and/or equipment	Financial constraints
Jun 2005	76.9%	13.8%	1.7%	0.1%	-
Dec 2005	77.2%	6.7%	3.1%	2%	-
Jun 2006	76.4%	3.9%	5.3%	0.6%	-
Dec 2006	74%	3.9%	5.9%	5.8%	-
Jun 2007	72.8%	2.8%	12.9%	2.6%	0%
Dec 2007	74.2%	4.1%	8.3%	2.6%	0.2%
Jun 2008	73.6%	4.8%	7.7%	0.9%	0%
Dec 2008	65.7%	16.4%	1.6%	0.6%	4.1%
Jun 2009	54.7%	30.7%	-0.8%	0.3%	2%
Dec 2009	52.7%	38.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.5%
Jun 2010	53.1%	32.7%	-0.1%	0.6%	1.5%
Dec 2010	31.1%	36.8%	0.5%	0%	1.1%
Jun 2011	59.3%	26.2%	1.1%	0.4%	1.4%
Dec 2011	56.2%	34.9%	0.7%	0.3%	0.8%
Jun 2012	45.8%	50.8%	-0.5%	0.3%	0.8%
Dec 2012	43.8%	49.6%	0.8%	0.4%	1.8%
Jun 2013	48%	40.9%	-0.3%	0.2%	3%
Dec 2013	52%	39%	0.8%	0.4%	2.3%
Jun 2014	56.5%	35.5%	-0.7%	0.2%	2.7%
Dec 2014	62.6%	29.4%	1.5%	0.2%	2.5%
Jun 2015	68%	21.1%	2.1%	2.1%	1.6%
Dec 2015	71.5%	17.3%	2.6%	1.9%	2.7%
Jun 2016	68.2%	17.4%	2.8%	1.6%	1.1%
Dec 2016	69.5%	14.1%	8%	5.2%	1.2%
Jun 2017	71%	7.3%	16.9%	11.5%	0.4%
Dec 2017	57.3%	3.6%	20.1%	18.7%	0.5%
Jun 2018	55.7%	2.6%	31.1%	20.2%	0.4%
Dec 2018	59.6%	4.5%	26.7%	10.5%	0.8%
Jun 2019	60.6%	4.3%	23.9%	8.8%	0.5%
Dec 2019	60.9%	7%	12.3%	3.4%	0.1%
Jun 2020	63.1%	18.2%	2.6%	5.8%	0.4%
Dec 2020	66.8%	9.4%	8.8%	2.8%	0.2%
Jun 2021	56.4%	10.5%	17%	25%	0.9%
Dec 2021	48.1%	4.2%	25.9%	27.7%	0.6%
Jun 2022	43.1%	8%	29.2%	35.9%	2.5%
Dec 2022	53.6%	8.8%	16.6%	16.4%	0.9%
Jun 2023	61.4%	12%	11.9%	6%	0.9%
Dec 2023	54.1%	13.5%	15.5%	0.7%	0.4%
Jun 2024	58.5%	14.4%	17.4%	2.3%	0.4%
Dec 2024	60.7%	10.2%	17.7%	0.7%	0.4%
Jan 2025	59.6%	10.5%	17.3%	0.6%	0.2%
Feb 2025	60.9%	7.5%	18.4%	0.8%	1.2%
Mar 2025	60.2%	8.6%	20.8%	1%	0.7%
Apr 2025	59.9%	8.3%	20.2%	1.4%	0.5%
May 2025	60.1%	9.2%	19.6%	1.7%	0.3%
Jun 2025	57.3%	8.9%	26.5%	1%	0.7%
Jul 2025	60.3%	7.4%	22.4%	1.5%	0.3%
Aug 2025	61.5%	6.6%	20.6%	0.9%	0%

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August 2025

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Netherlands

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June 2005 to August 2025

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In August 2025, over half of the construction companies in the Netherlands mentioned that there was no constraint limiting their building activity. However, 20.6 percent of companies mentioned that the shortage of labor was limiting their activities. Over 6.6 percent of construction firms mentioned that there was insufficient demand.